Dead Animals Are Exhibit A In Oil Spill Investigation Picture Warning though we've all see it before

[earth mom]

Gulf Oil Spill Investigation: Dead Animals Scrutinized By Scientists To Determine BP's Liability




NEW ORLEANS — Dead birds are wrapped in foil or paper, then sealed in plastic bags to avoid cross contamination. Dolphin tissue samples and dead sea turtles are kept in locked freezers. Field notebooks are collected and secured.

Scientists examining dead animals that were discovered along the Gulf Coast in the wake of the BP oil spill are observing strict laboratory protocols, knowing everything they touch could become evidence in what may prove to be the biggest environmental case in U.S. history.

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Wildlife deaths will also figure into the government's assessment of the spill's damage to the Gulf's natural resources. That accounting could take years and will be used to bill BP and the other companies for the cost of restoring the environment.

By some estimates, they could be forced to pay billions of dollars – more, perhaps, than the penalties associated with the Exxon Valdez disaster.

Exxon was hit with a record criminal fine of $150 million for the 1989 tanker spill in Alaska but ultimately paid $125 million in penalties. It also agreed to pay $900 million to settle federal and state civil claims. The spill of nearly 11 million gallons was the largest in U.S. history until it was eclipsed by the Gulf gusher that spewed some 206 million gallons from the blown-out BP well over three months.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/14/gulf-oil-spill-investigat_0_n_762988.html

[Uncle Joe]

1. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, earth mom.

[JuniperLea]

2. A picture warning would have been nice...

:puke:

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[Hekate]

4. Agreed. Unrec for attacking you for saying so.

Info was sadly undermined by doing that. OP might consider adding the requisite warning that everyone else abides by, and moving on, rather than attacking the messenger.

Hekate

[earth mom]

5. Excuse me, but YOU are attacking the messenger-me-here. Unbelievable.

Edited to add that I fixed the OP to warn everyone of that worrisome horrific photo that you can't handle seeing.

Even though everyone on DU has seen that photo before.

If nothing else, that photo should upset you and all of us over and over again until the end of time.

Otherwise, how in the hell are we ever going to get any justice for the Gulf or for the wildlife in the Gulf?!




So...what other ammo do you have for the messenger, who did nothing more than bring you the truth?!

[Hekate]

6. Thank you for adding the graphic warning -- it helps

[northernlights]

7. that bird was one of the lucky ones

It was among a group found very early on, in time to be cleaned and rehabilitated.

[earth mom]

8. Glad to hear a bit of good news.

Thanks! :thumbsup:

[earth mom]

9. Kick!

:kick:

[blindpig]

10. And how much of the 'evidence' was destroyed or hidden...

at the bottom of the sea. Those fucking bastards...

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